New Delhi, Nov. 14 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the Tamil Nadu government's plea objecting to the proposed Mekedatu dam project on the Cauvery river by the Karnataka government, holding that the challenge to the preparatory process was "premature".

A bench consisting Chief Justice of India Bhushan R Gavai and justices K Vinod Chandran and NV Anjaria, in response to the Tamil Nadu government's contention that the proposed project violated the final decisions of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (2007) and the Supreme Court (2018), noted that the draft pre-feasibility report (DPR) for the project was currently under consideration of the Central Water Commission (CWC), itself answerable to the Cauvery Water Regulation Committ...